Accounting & Finance Manager

Political Asylum Lawyers

9h • Remote

About The Position

The Accounting & Finance Manager is a hands-on role responsible for the firm’s financial operations, accounting systems, billing, accounts receivable, cash-flow forecasting, financial reporting, trust accounting compliance, payroll oversight, tax-reporting coordination, internal controls, and finance-related operational projects. The manager serves as the firm’s first level of financial analysis and operational financial control, ensuring that records are accurate, timely, compliant, and useful for decision-making.

The initial focus is to learn the firm’s systems, work with existing staff and providers, and establish reliable financial operations. Recurring accounting and billing work will be delegated progressively, while the manager retains responsibility for controls, review, quality, and results. With leadership and current senior finance support, the manager will gradually assume selected planning and reporting responsibilities.

The manager explains complex financial information in plain English, identifies financial risks, recommends corrective action, and follows approved actions through implementation and verified results. The role supports leadership decisions about budgeting, profitability, cash management, pricing, collections, and strategic planning. The position is open to candidates based in Argentina and is work-from-anywhere.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• At least 5 years of progressive accounting or finance experience, preferably in a law firm, professional services firm, or other service-based business.
• Strong understanding of general accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and month-end close.
• Experience managing or reviewing trust/IOLTA accounting and reconciliations.
• Experience with billing systems, client payment plans, collections, and accounts-receivable management.
• Strong proficiency with accounting software, legal billing systems, Microsoft Excel, and financial reporting tools.
• Practical experience using AI tools and automation to improve accounting or finance workflows, with a working understanding of APIs, scripts, and data movement between systems.
• Ability to identify improvement opportunities, define financial requirements, collaborate with technical colleagues on implementation, and validate results for accuracy and reliability.
• Ability to prepare accurate financial reports and explain them clearly to non-financial leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to identify financial risks, implement controls, and resolve discrepancies.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• High integrity, confidentiality, discretion, and professional judgment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced law firm environment.

Nice To Haves

• CPA, MBA, advanced finance/accounting credential, or equivalent experience.
• 8 or more years of accounting, controller, or finance operations experience.
• Microsoft Excel Expert Certification.
• Experience building lightweight scripts or integrations to improve finance workflows.
• Prior experience in a law firm or legal services environment.
• Experience with QuickBooks Online, Clio, MyCase, Time Matters, PracticePanther, Smokeball, Lawmatics, Infusionsoft/Keap, or similar platforms.
• Experience designing dashboards, centralized KPI reporting, balanced scorecards, or financial performance reports.
• Experience supervising bookkeepers, billing specialists, payroll providers, or outsourced accounting vendors.
• Advanced experience with complex unstructured data models and analysis, pricing analysis, SKU profitability, labor utilization, realization, collection-rate analysis, and cost-of-acquisition reporting.
• Experience supporting strategic planning, cash-flow planning, debt-repayment planning, and owner-distribution planning.

Responsibilities

• Perform and manage day-to-day financial operations with existing staff and service providers, and document procedures to ensure work is accurate and timely.
• Follow financial issues through to resolution by assigning next steps and deadlines, following up, escalating problems with recommended solutions, and confirming completion.
• Ensure accurate execution of accounting, billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, trust accounting, collections, tax coordination, and general ledger maintenance.
• Maintain clean, current financial records and provide the legal team with accurate financial information about client matters, billing, retainers, and collections.
• Monitor daily cash balances, bank accounts, credit card and merchant activity, and other key financial accounts; ensure bills, vendor payments, check requests, and reimbursements are processed accurately and on time.
• Prepare, review, and analyze monthly financial statements and reports; validate supporting records, calculations, and assumptions; investigate inconsistencies and disclose unresolved limitations.
• Prepare annual and periodic budgets and forecasts, monitor the annual budget, and provide clear budget variance analysis and recommendations to the Owner/CFO.
• Maintain a forward-looking cash-flow forecast and track revenue growth, gross profit, operating profit, and other key financial trends to support planning and decision-making.
• Own and improve billing and collections processes; supervise timely client invoicing; monitor payment plans and accounts-receivable aging; and ensure collection protocols are followed consistently and professionally.
• Address client billing questions and payment concerns professionally, and manage chargebacks, refund requests, billing disputes, and merchant-service issues through documented resolution and appropriate approvals.
• Recommend process improvements to increase collection rates and reduce financial leakage.
• Monitor, reconcile, and document trust/IOLTA activity; own or review three-way trust reconciliations; resolve discrepancies urgently; and ensure compliance with applicable legal, ethical, and accounting requirements.
• Work with the Owner/CFO and CPA to correct accounting or reporting issues, maintain internal controls, support audits and tax preparation, and ensure balance-sheet, payroll-liability, and bank reconciliations are completed accurately.
• Monitor payroll taxes, tax liabilities, vendor and debt obligations, and compliance deadlines; identify financial risks, reporting gaps, cash-flow risks, billing breakdowns, and process weaknesses; and recommend corrective actions within approved policies and authority limits.
• Oversee staff and providers assigned to the role, including bookkeepers, billing specialists, payroll providers, outsourced finance vendors, and other accounting support; provide direction, accountability, feedback, onboarding, training, and performance-review support as appropriate.
• Progressively delegate recurring accounting and billing work while retaining controls, review, and accountability; hold vendors accountable for timely and accurate work.
• Serve as the internal subject matter expert for accounting software, billing systems, chart of accounts, reporting processes, and financial workflows.
• Identify practical improvements in QuickBooks, Stripe, Google Sheets, Asana, and related workflows; define financial requirements; and implement, test, and document changes with technical support while maintaining controls, data quality, security, approval boundaries, and accuracy.
• Analyze profitability by service, SKU, practice area, attorney, labor cost, marketing channel, and client or matter type when data is available; support pricing reviews and evaluate underperforming investments, expenses, vendors, and initiatives.
• Track production labor return, utilization, realization, collection rate, and cost of acquisition where applicable; help leadership understand Total Owner Benefit, owner distributions, working-capital needs, and firm financial health; and support KPI reporting and scorecard development.

Benefits

• Week between Christmas and New Year’s off with the office closed and fully paid.
• Paid national public holidays according to the employee’s country calendar.
• Three weeks of paid vacation annually.
• Comprehensive training program.
• Mentorship and collaboration with experienced team members.
• Career advancement paths and opportunities for promotion from within.
• Work from anywhere; position is open to candidates based in Argentina.
• Stipend or provided equipment for a home office, available after four months on the job.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager